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- From: constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino)
- Subject: Re: save the earth - ridiculous!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.062742.10440@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <C0GDKx.IDu@news.iastate.edu> <1993Jan7.014843.1852@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <1993Jan7.034022.11476@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 06:27:42 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.034022.11476@netcom.com> ladasky@netcom.com (John J. Ladasky II) writes:
- >>>My rally cry:
- >>> I like the earth as it was before the industrial revolution.
- >>
- >>No, make it:
- >>I like the earth as it was before the industrial revolution, when people
- >>lived 20-30 years shorter and had a much lower standard of living.
- >
- > Now, Tino, you and I both know that this is not the whole story.
- >True, in the areas known as the First World, living standards have risen
- >dramatically. However, the level of resource consumption practiced by
- >the world today cannot be sustained. Furthermore, economic and political
- >conditions in many Third World countries have been on the decline for
- >decades.
-
- The comment was about the Industrial Revolution, which was mainly a First
- World phenomenon. The Third World is grossly behind, until they can control
- their population (even with Sally Struthers begging and pleading for "just
- one more dollar").
-
- I like my standard of living.
-
- Tino
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